Land use planning is key to
mitigating natural hazards and the effects of
climate change. Comm... more Land use planning is key to mitigating natural hazards and the effects of climate change. Communities adopt multiple plans that directly and indirectly address hazard mitigation; the integration of local plans can signifi cantly affect future community vulnerability to hazards. We develop a resilience scorecard to assess the degree to which the network of local plans targets areas most prone to hazards and then evaluate the coordination of local plans and test it in Washington (NC), a community vulnerable to coastal fl oods and projected sea-level rise. We fi nd that local plans are not fully consistent and do not always address the areas in a community most vulnerable to fl oods or sea level risks; moreover, some plans actually increase physical and social vulnerability to hazards. While these results indicate the validity of a resiliency scorecard, we were forced to use a narrow range of vulnerability indicators; better data would improve the process. Planners can assume a crucial role in improving planning for hazards by using the scorecard to identify confl icts among local plans, assessing whether local plans target areas most vulner- able to specifi c hazards. Planners can inform the public and decision makers about missed opportunities to improve local hazard mitigation planning. To support such important efforts, the U.S. Federal Emergency Management Agency and other federal agencies should consider developing additional databases that are widely applica- ble and available.
Land use planning is key to
mitigating natural hazards and the effects of
climate change. Comm... more Land use planning is key to mitigating natural hazards and the effects of climate change. Communities adopt multiple plans that directly and indirectly address hazard mitigation; the integration of local plans can signifi cantly affect future community vulnerability to hazards. We develop a resilience scorecard to assess the degree to which the network of local plans targets areas most prone to hazards and then evaluate the coordination of local plans and test it in Washington (NC), a community vulnerable to coastal fl oods and projected sea-level rise. We fi nd that local plans are not fully consistent and do not always address the areas in a community most vulnerable to fl oods or sea level risks; moreover, some plans actually increase physical and social vulnerability to hazards. While these results indicate the validity of a resiliency scorecard, we were forced to use a narrow range of vulnerability indicators; better data would improve the process. Planners can assume a crucial role in improving planning for hazards by using the scorecard to identify confl icts among local plans, assessing whether local plans target areas most vulner- able to specifi c hazards. Planners can inform the public and decision makers about missed opportunities to improve local hazard mitigation planning. To support such important efforts, the U.S. Federal Emergency Management Agency and other federal agencies should consider developing additional databases that are widely applica- ble and available.
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mitigating natural hazards and the effects of
climate change. Communities adopt
multiple plans that directly and indirectly
address hazard mitigation; the integration of
local plans can signifi
cantly affect future
community vulnerability to hazards. We
develop a resilience scorecard to assess the
degree to which the network of local plans
targets areas most prone to hazards and then
evaluate the coordination of local plans and
test it in Washington (NC), a community
vulnerable to coastal fl
oods and projected
sea-level rise. We fi
nd that local plans are
not fully consistent and do not always
address the areas in a community most
vulnerable to fl
oods or sea level risks;
moreover, some plans actually increase
physical and social vulnerability to hazards.
While these results indicate the validity of a
resiliency scorecard, we were forced to use a
narrow range of vulnerability indicators;
better data would improve the process.
Planners can
assume a crucial role in improving planning
for hazards by using the scorecard to identify
confl
icts among local plans, assessing
whether local plans target areas most vulner-
able to specifi
c hazards. Planners can inform
the public and decision makers about missed
opportunities to improve local hazard
mitigation planning. To support such
important efforts, the U.S. Federal Emergency Management Agency and other
federal agencies should consider developing
additional databases that are widely applica-
ble and available.
mitigating natural hazards and the effects of
climate change. Communities adopt
multiple plans that directly and indirectly
address hazard mitigation; the integration of
local plans can signifi
cantly affect future
community vulnerability to hazards. We
develop a resilience scorecard to assess the
degree to which the network of local plans
targets areas most prone to hazards and then
evaluate the coordination of local plans and
test it in Washington (NC), a community
vulnerable to coastal fl
oods and projected
sea-level rise. We fi
nd that local plans are
not fully consistent and do not always
address the areas in a community most
vulnerable to fl
oods or sea level risks;
moreover, some plans actually increase
physical and social vulnerability to hazards.
While these results indicate the validity of a
resiliency scorecard, we were forced to use a
narrow range of vulnerability indicators;
better data would improve the process.
Planners can
assume a crucial role in improving planning
for hazards by using the scorecard to identify
confl
icts among local plans, assessing
whether local plans target areas most vulner-
able to specifi
c hazards. Planners can inform
the public and decision makers about missed
opportunities to improve local hazard
mitigation planning. To support such
important efforts, the U.S. Federal Emergency Management Agency and other
federal agencies should consider developing
additional databases that are widely applica-
ble and available.